Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110250553 | Burner nozzle assembly and fuel reformer having the same - A burner nozzle assembly includes: a nozzle plate having an anode off-gas (AOG) nozzle at the center of the nozzle plate and a plurality of oxidation fuel nozzles surrounding the AOG nozzle; and a channel unit coupling the AOG nozzle with an AOG introducer to allow an AOG to flow therebetween and coupling the oxidation fuel nozzles with an oxidation fuel introducer to allow an oxidation fuel to flow therebetween. | 10-13-2011 |
20110281188 | PREFERENTIAL OXIDATION REACTOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A preferential oxidation reactor for removing carbon monoxide in a hydrogen mixture gas is disclosed. The preferential oxidation reactor may include a housing having a catalytic layer provided therein, a mixture gas supply portion inserted into the interior of the housing and penetrating the catalytic layer, a condensate receiving portion contained within the housing and in fluid communication with a gas outlet port of the mixture gas supply portion and condensate control tubes arranged in the catalytic layer of the housing and in fluid communication with the condensate receiving portion. The condensate control tubes may have a capillary structure. A fuel cell system including the preferential oxidation reactor is also disclosed. | 11-17-2011 |
20110281189 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE BETWEEN OXIDIZER AND FUEL VAPORIZER IN FUEL REFORMER AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - A connection structure between a fuel vaporizer and an oxidizer in a fuel reformer is disclosed. Fuel reformers having the connection structure may be included in fuel cell systems. Methods for forming the connection structure are also disclosed. The method includes forming the fuel vaporizer and forming the oxidizer. Forming the fuel vaporizer may include forming through-holes in a bottom panel and a top panel to form the fuel vaporizer, forming an inner side panel protruding in a direction substantially normal to a frame of the bottom panel through-hole and welding a top portion of the inner side panel to the frame of the top panel through-hole. Forming the oxidizer may include welding a top portion of an inner wall of the oxidizer to a bottom surface of the frame of the bottom panel through-hole. | 11-17-2011 |
20120115053 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system configured to prevent fuel cell freezing is disclosed. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a reformer in fluid communication with the fuel cell, the reformer including a reactor and a heat feeding unit. A moisture supplying pipe is in fluid communication with the reformer and a reformer exhausting pipe is in fluid communication with the reformer. The reformer exhaust pipe is in fluid communication with the moisture supplying pipe and configured to pass high temperature gas discharged from the reformer exhaust pipe to the moisture supplying pipe. The fuel cell system may remove moisture in the fuel cell and may also prevent the moisture from freezing by using thermal energy generated during operation of the heat feeding unit. | 05-10-2012 |
20120264362 | FUEL CELL AND CASE FOR FUEL CELL - A fuel cell case including a ventilating chamber disposed on an inside surface of the fuel cell case, a ventilator formed inside the ventilating chamber and an air inlet port formed on the outer surface of the ventilating chamber is disclosed. The ventilator may be formed protruding into the ventilating chamber. The fuel cell case may be formed such that ambient atmosphere is in fluid communication with the ventilating chamber, but water or other fluids outside the case do not enter the ventilator. | 10-18-2012 |
20130059216 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system is disclosed. The fuel cell system may include a fuel cell stack configured for generating electrical energy by a reaction of an oxidant and a fuel, a recovery unit including a first gas liquid separator configured for separating a by-product discharged by the fuel cell stack into a first gas and a first liquid, a first heat exchanger configured for cooling the first gas supplied by the first gas liquid separator, and a second gas liquid separator configured for separating a by-product supplied by the first heat exchanger into a second gas and a second liquid, and a remover unit fluidly connected to the second gas liquid separator and configured for removing the second gas from the recovery unit. | 03-07-2013 |
20130241464 | FUEL CELL HYBRID SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARGING RECHARGEABLE BATTERY THEREOF - A fuel cell hybrid system extends a cycle-life of a rechargeable battery by charging the rechargeable battery with voltage lower than the maximum charging voltage of the rechargeable battery by a predetermined level. | 09-19-2013 |
20140017586 | FUEL CELL APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPLEX CARTRIDGE FOR THE SAME - A fuel cell apparatus includes: a fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of unit cells; a mixer storing a fuel mixture solution supplied to the fuel cell stack; a mixture solution sensor measuring a residual amount of the fuel mixture solution stored in the mixer; a mixture solution control pump capable of supplying the fuel mixture solution stored in a cartridge to the mixer or withdrawing the fuel mixture solution stored in the mixer to the cartridge in order to adjust a quantity of fuel mixture solution in the mixer; and a control unit receiving a residual measurement signal from the mixture solution sensor indicating both quantity and fuel concentration of the fuel mixture solution stored in the mixer, and driving the mixture solution control pump to effect the desired quantity and fuel concentration of the fuel mixture solution in the mixer. | 01-16-2014 |
20140308569 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a plurality of secondary batteries, the plurality of secondary batteries including at least a first secondary battery and a second secondary battery, a first pack case having an accommodating portion on which the plurality of secondary batteries are mounted, and a plurality of bus-bars electrically connecting the plurality of secondary batteries together, the bus-bars having a “⊂” shape, the plurality of bus-bars including at least a first bus-bar and a second bus-bar, the first bus-bar being coupled to an end of the first secondary battery, the second bus-bar being coupled to an end of the second secondary battery and facing the first bus-bar. | 10-16-2014 |